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Natchez Trace

American  

noun

U.S. History.
  1. a road begun in 1806 between Natchez, Miss., and Nashville, Tenn.: about 500 miles (800 km) long.


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“To physically complete the 444 miles of the Natchez Trace Parkway is sincerely such a feat.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2022

They would ride two legs of the Natchez Trace Parkway.

From Washington Times • May 1, 2021

Enormous numbers of vacationers take the Natchez Trace parkway, a 450-mile scenic drive extending all the way from central Tennessee to Natchez, Mississippi.

From The Guardian • May 25, 2018

He hoped to have the route named a National Scenic Byway, like the Blue Ridge Parkway in the Appalachians, or the Natchez Trace Parkway, which runs through Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2016

Though few Europeans had made this laborious journey before 1800, the Natchez Trace had been for many years the land route of thousands of returning rivermen who had descended the Mississippi in flatboat and barge.

From The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway by Hulbert, Archer Butler

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